I might be the only one having this issue

@ CoderJames

Do you have the shortcode on the same page set as the Front Page? If you do, move the shortcode to a different page. Does that fix the problem?

@ CoderJames

For some reason, on local host setups permalink resolution can be a pain.

What permalink structure do you have set? Try Post Name. Does that fix it? Try the Default. Does that fix it?

On the Permalinks admin page under the WP Settings, try simply clicking the Save Changes button. Then go to the Connections : Settings admin page, click the Advanced tab and then click the Save Changes button. Does that fix the issue?

If neither of the above work…

Is this page set as the directory home page?
192.168.250.93/colleges.co.uk/directory/

When you hover over a name link or a pagination link, what are those URL/s? They should be:

192.168.250.93/colleges.co.uk/directory/name/entry-slug
192.168.250.93/colleges.co.uk/directory/pg/2

@ CoderJames

So I assume none of the things I suggested in my previous reply fixed it, is that correct? Sorry, but your reply isn’t clear if you did or not.

What about answering these questions…

Is this page set as the directory home page?
192.168.250.93/colleges.co.uk/directory/

Do you have the shortcode on the same page set as the Front Page? Put another way, what pages do you have set up as front Page and the posts page?

@ CoderJames

Ok, thanks… I am running out of guesses though 🙁

By chance, do you happen to have a folder on the server named directory in the web root?

@ CoderJames

Do you happen to have a folder on the server named directory in the web root?

@ CoderJames

Does that screenshot show the entirety of the webroot?

I ask this question because folders for subdomains that have the same name as a page slug in WordPress, the server takes priority and you’ll end up in that subdomain rather than the domain you think you are in. Honestly grasping at straws but it is something I’ve run into with hosts that add subdomains as subfolders in the server webroot.

Have you tried temporarily switching back to the default theme and deactivating all other plugins? Maybe something else is flushed the WP rewrite rules after Connections add it own.

@ CoderJames

There should not be any sql errors, Connections “simply” hooks into the core rewrite rules like many other plugins do. Those rewrites is what WP uses to determine what page to display. When none of the rules match, WP shows the 404.

Install the Rewrite Rules Inspector plugin.

Are the Connections rules shown? There should be a lot of them. To find them, just do a page search for cn- on its admin page. You can also use this plugin to test URL to see which rule it matches. So you could paste in a pagination URL or name URL and it should match one of the rules.

If the Connections rules do not exist. That is the issue and something is flushing them. I suspect the rule do exist and something else is the cause.

@ CoderJames

Ahhh, yes, that definitely would do it. I already have another plugin that does something similar documented:

http://connections-pro.com/faqs/html-on-pages/

I’ll add this one to the plugin conflict list.